TT100
TT100 (Theban Tomb no. 100) is the modern name for the burial chapel of the vizier Rechmire , who under Thutmose III. and Amenhotep II officiated. The chapel is in Thebes-West .
description
The chapel is carved into the rock and has a T-shaped floor plan with an open forecourt . The facility leads 25 meters into the rock. The vestibule is 20 meters wide. The main hall, which becomes higher and higher towards the rear, is unique. Most of the chapel is painted. The decoration is well preserved and is an important source of information on administration, handicrafts and trades ( metal extraction, etc.) as well as art from this period.
The more important scenes in the chapel include depictions of the mouth opening ritual , depictions of tribute-bringers from Upper Egypt and neighboring countries. What is remarkable here is the ethnographic realism, i.e. the way in which individual ethnic groups are represented. The appearance of the Minoan tribute-bringer was painted over and the Mycenaean conquest of Crete was taken into account by giving the people a Mycenaean appearance. Other representations in the grave show a banquet or the supervision of construction work and workshops.
The so-called service instruction for the vizier is a text that reports on the daily activities of the vizier. The text is also known from other graves, but is particularly well preserved here. It is one of the most important texts on Egyptian administration .
The chapel has no burial chambers . It can be assumed that the actual tomb of Rechmire is to be found elsewhere, probably in the Valley of the Kings . His chapel was used exclusively for his cult of the dead.
See also
literature
- Norman de Garis Davies : Paintings from the Tomb of Rekh-mi-Re 'at Thebes. Plantin Press, New York 1935.
- Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt. Theban private graves of the New Kingdom. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1991, pp. 123–159.
- Percy E. Newberry : The Life of Rekhmara, Vezîr of Upper Egypt under Thotmes III and Amenhotep II (Circa 1471-1448) . Constable, Westminster 1900.
- Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs 2nd revised and expanded edition. Griffith Institute , Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1970, pp. 206-214, Map V, VI ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
- Alessia Fassone, Enrico Ferraris: Egypt. High culture on the Nile (= image dictionary of peoples and cultures. Vol. 7). Parthas, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-936324-77-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Assmann : Time construction, reference to the past and historical awareness in ancient Egypt . In: Jan Assmann, Klaus E. Müller (Ed.): The origin of history . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-608-94128-2 , p. 147 ( digitized version [accessed April 21, 2016]).
Coordinates: 25 ° 43 ′ 52.9 " N , 32 ° 36 ′ 26.6" E